Process of making imitation-feather articles.



D. METZGBR.

PROCESS OP MAKING IMITATION FEATHER ARTICLES.

APlLIoATIoN FILED M347, 1911.

1,024,272. Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

oLUMmA. PLANDGRAPH C0., WASHINATON n c IflE.

DAVID METZGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PROCESS OF MAKING 'IMITATION-FEATHER ARTICLES.

To all whom it `may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID METZGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State 'of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Processes of MakingImitation-Feather Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a new and improved process of making imitationfeather articles. The articles made by my process are adapted for use asfeather boas, neck pieces, hat trimmings and general use as an ornamentwherever similar articles constructed of real feathers would be used.

My process consists essentially of weaving a'series of strips,preferably silk strips known as ribbozine, back and forth between twobinding strands or members and then twisting the binding strands ormembers upon each other more or less tightly as desired so that thethreads or fibers or iiues will radiate in a series of loops in alldirections.

The principal obj ect of my invention is to produce the eifect of thewell known feather boa formed in a manner which is much more durable andless expensive to make.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a perspective view of thecompleted article. Fig. 2 represents a strand of silk flue materialknown as ribbozine. Fig. 3 shows a series of these silk flues woven backand forth on two wires. Fig. 4 shows con ventionally a weft of theseribbozine flues or strands fastened together by a warp composed of aseries of chain stitches. Fig. 5 shows a series of ribbozine flues orstrands with but one warp.

My imitation article is made in the following manner: A number of silkthreads a; are passed side by side through an adhesive, preferably asolution of gum tragacanth or some similar material so as to gum thethreads together and the threads thus gummed together form a singlestrip designated at Z9 in Fig. 2. The strip is then passed throughheated rollers which dry and polish it and produce an articlecommercially known as ribbozine. The strips of ribbozine Z2 are thenwoven back and forth in a knitting machine or in any suitable manner andaround wires c shown in Fig. 3. After the desired quantity of 55 stripsb are so woven, the two wires c are Specification of Letters Patent.

Applic'ation Aled April 17, 1911.

PatentedApr. 23, 1,912.

Serial No. 621,659.

twisted together and `form .acentral .cord cl. The silk strip or iues Z)then form a series of loops e radiating in all directions, and givingthe appearance of a real feather boa. I may also make the feather boa byhaving chain stitches f made of strands which are initially twisted, ateach edge of the weft of ribbozine strips Z) instead of wire and thentwisting the stitches or edge members f together forming a cord d ofthread or similar material instead of wire. I may also make the articlein the manner shown in Fig. 5 viz: by weaving the strips of ribbozineover either a wire or cotton warp so that one end of the strips is free,and then either double the wire or cotton warp back on itself and twistit together and attain the same eect as shown in Fig. 1; or instead ofdoubling the warp back on itself, I may take two strips of weft with asingle warp edge made as just indicated and twist them together. Thearticle thus produced can be made of course of any desired length and ofany desired size and the flues or strips may be made of any suitablematerial other than silk.

I claim:

1. The herein described method of making imitation feather articles byweaving a series of strands of suitable material back and forth so as toform a weft with a warp at each edge of the weft and then twisting thewarps upon each other so that the warps form a core and the weftradiates in a series of loops in all directions from the core.

2. The herein described method of making an imitation feather articleconsisting of weaving a number of strands of suitable material back andforth with a warp on each edge and a wire in the warp and then twistingthe opposite wires upon each other so as to form one central core withthe weft extending in loops in all directions from said center core.

3. The herein described method of making an imitation feather trimmingby weaving a series of silk strips known as ribbozine back and forthover two warp wires and then twisting the two warp wires upon each otherso as to have a central wire core with the ribbozine strips radiating inloops in all directions.

,4. The herein described method of making imitation feather articles byweaving a series of strands of suitable material back and forth so as toform a weft with a warp forms a core and the weft radiates in a se- 10at the edge of the weft, and then twisting ries of loops in alldirections from the core.

the warp to form a core, the weft radiating In testimony whereof I havehereunto set in all directions from the core. my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing 5. The herein described method of makwitnesses. v

ing imitation feather articles, by weaving a DAVID METZGER.

series of strands of suitable material back Witnesses:

and forth so as to form a weft with a warp, WM. E. WARLAND,

and then twisting the Warp so that the warp CHRISTIAN H. ALMSTAEDT.

Conies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissionei` of Patents. Washington, D. C.

